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Chapter 11 - Assessment of Personality Disorder, Psychopathy and Associated Offending Behaviour

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2024

By
Jeremy W. Coid
Edited by
Mary Davoren  and
Harry G. Kennedy
Mary Davoren
Affiliation:
Broadmoor Hospital and West London NHS Trust
Harry G. Kennedy
Affiliation:
Trinity College Dublin
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Summary

The assessment of personality disorder (PD) and of associated violent and other criminal behaviour are among the most complex tasks for a forensic psychiatrist. Assessment is complicated by high levels of comorbidity with clinical mental disorders, the high heterogeneity of violent and criminal behaviour, and differing and sometimes conflicting views on how PD should be conceptualised and diagnosed. It therefore requires a high level of diagnostic competence and ability to think flexibly regarding different models of mental disorder and diagnostic approaches.

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Seminars in Forensic Psychiatry , pp. 262 - 304
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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